1 DAY TO GO! Special event on World Prematurity Day tomorrow

16 November, 2020

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Preterm Birth in a COVID19 world. New science. Also social impact. Dynamic and diverse line up

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MARCH MOOC | https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/women-children-health

Complications from preterm births are a leading cause of under-5 death worldwide. Health service disruptions as a result of the COVID19 pandemic may have further devastating impacts.

Join us for a special event on World Prematurity Day to learn about the direct and indirect effects of the COVID19 pandemic on preterm births and newborn care, and what we can do to protect the progress.

Preterm Births in a COVID-19 world: Science, Systems and Social Impact

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

16:30 - 18:00 CET

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Speakers: Prof Joy Lawn<https://lshtm.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f01fac5c16b2083742d818d7..., Professor of Maternal Reproductive and Child Health Epidemiology and Director of MARCH Centre at LSHTM, Dr Suman Rao, Professor of Neonatology, St. Johns' Medical College, India, Dr Queen Dube<https://lshtm.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f01fac5c16b2083742d818d7..., Head of Pediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi and Silke Mader<https://lshtm.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f01fac5c16b2083742d818d7..., Chairwoman of the Executive Board and Co-Founder of EFCNI and GLANCE.

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Dr Anshu Banerjee<https://lshtm.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f01fac5c16b2083742d818d7..., WHO Director of Department of Maternal, New Born, Child and Adolescent Health and Aging, will open the event and will share insights into the policy context for maternal and child health in the current climate.

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This event is delivered in partnership with the LSHTM MARCH Center, the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI), the Global Alliance for Newborn Care (GLANCE), NEST 360, the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH), the WHO, UNICEF and the Healthy Newborn Network (HNN).

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CHIFA Profile: Joy Lawn is Director of the Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health, MARCH Centre, at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and is an African-born paediatrician and perinatal epidemiologist with 25 years of experience including clinical care, epidemiological burden estimates, and the design and evaluation of integrated maternal, newborn and child care services at scale, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.

Email: Joy.Lawn AT lshtm.ac.uk

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